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Gravestone campaign for first UK Black police officer
Daily Mirror UK
|October 27, 2025
PRIMARY school children are leading a bid for a gravestone and blue plaque for Britain's first Black police officer.
John Kent, the son of an African slave, began his duties as a police officer in Maryport, Cumbria, in 1835 before joining Carlisle police in 1837.
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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